Dinner

Meredith's Sweet and Sour Asian Zensation is for Dinner.

Meredith's Sweet and Sour Asian Zensation takes 45 minutes to prepare.

Meredith's Sweet and Sour Asian Zensation takes 15 minutes to cook.

Meredith's Sweet and Sour Asian Zensation makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Meredith's Sweet and Sour Asian Zensation are:

Veggies:

1 cup peeled sliced carrots - (1/2 16oz bag of chip dip carrots)
1 green pepper cored & sliced into thin strips or wedges
1 red pepper cored & sliced into thin stips or wedges
1 cup jullienne sliced onions (abt. 1 small yellow onion)
1 8oz can sliced Hokan water chestnuts drained
Optional: sliced green onion for a garnish

Meat:

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I use Perdue frozen fillets abt. 4.8 oz each in the 10lbs bags from Costco)

Sauce:

1 Tbsp Cornstarch (I used Argo)
6 Tbsp Hunts Ketchup (abt. 1/4 cup)
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1 Tbsp. honey
1 tsp granulated sugar (if desired)
1 Tbsp Maggi Taste of Asia Sweet Chili Sauce
1 tsp Kikoman light soy sauce
Pepper to taste
1/2 tsp grated fresh ginger (or to taste)
Pineapple juice drippings (see instructions)
1 Cup Water - added as needed in final step

FRUIT

1 cup sliced fresh pineapple - tidbit size
(save time by purchasing cored & sliced in the produce section)

2 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp. ginger

Here is how you make Meredith's Sweet and Sour Asian Zensation:

SLICE OF ADVICE: Prepare your veggies & cubed chicken ahead. Use freezer bags or a bag seeler and pop them into fridge or freezer so they're ready to go for a quick week-night meal. If serving rice with this dish you can also prepare your rice in advance and divide it into 1/2 cup portions and freeze or refridgerate separtely for portion control.1. Slice vegetables and set aside.2. Core and slice pineapple and set aside (*reserve any juice from the pineapple to substitute for the water)3. Rinse chicken & pat dry. Trim any remaining fat/skin from chicken and slice into strips or small 1/2 inch cubes.4. Prepare sauce excluding the water. Wisk & set aside.5. Spray frying pan or wok with cooking spray and place on medium high - to high heat. Add a drizzle of the sesame oil. 5. Add chicken to pan when oil is hot. Cook 5-7 minutes stirring often until chicken browns and is cooked through. (depending on the size of your pan you may wish to cook chicken in 2 batches.)6. Remove chicken and set aside.7. Add onions first and as they begin to brown add remaining vegetables and additional garlic and grated ginger as desired. Drizzle a small amount of sesame oil to flavor the vegetables & cook to desired tenderness stirring often.SLICE OF ADVICE: Add a splash of Nakano Red Pepper Seasoned Rice Vinegar in place of the Sesame Oil to reduce fat & calories and help deglaze the pan - yummy!8. Return meat to the pan & add sauce to meat & veggies and heat until sauce begins to thicken. Add water/remaining pineapple juice 1/4 cup at a time to thin the sauce to desired consistency.9. Serve immediately. Garnish with diced red pepper or slivered green onions.Serving Suggestions: 1/2 cup warm brown rice (not calculated in calorie count) per person.SLICE OF ADVICE: Because this recipe is meant to serve 8, if you don't have 8 people avoid the temptation to overeat by dividing the meal into 8 equal portions before you sit down to dinner. Take the leftover's to work for a preportioned gourmet lunch or half the recipe before you begin. (personally, if I go to all the trouble to make this fresh market meal I want the night off the next day. TIP - don't reheat in the microwave if possible or the chicken will taste funky.) PS - my picky teenagers LOVE this meal!Let me know what you think! Meredith - AKA ShepdithNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SHEPDITH.

The nutritional information for Meredith's Sweet and Sour Asian Zensation is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 182.0

• Total Fat: 3.2 g
• Cholesterol: 45.0 mg
• Sodium: 300.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 22.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
• Protein: 17.2 g

Meredith's Sweet and Sour Asian Zensation is Asian cuisine.